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An illustration of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, fleeing from battle after attempting to unseat his Catholic uncle, King James II and VII, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (Photo by De Luan/Alamy Stock Photo)

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The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685: your guide to the a duke's failed bid to overthrow his uncle, James II and VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Plot or paranoia? The Amboyna conspiracy trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bishops tumble, with “popish” paraphernalia falling from their pockets, in a woodcut from a 1641 Puritan pamphlet titled 'A Decade of Grievances' (Photo by Bridgeman Images)

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How people power fuelled England's century of chaos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Passengers and crew leap from the Gloucester after the ship is wrecked in 1682, in a contemporary painting by Johan Danckerts (Image by National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

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The sinking of the Gloucester: the shipwreck that rocked Restoration England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dr Clare Jackson (Photo by Caroline Mardon)

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Clare Jackson on the Restoration“Radical ideas that had been preached and published could not be unthought”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1642 portrait of a 12-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, accompanied by a page, likely painted to commemorate his presence at the battle of Edgehill (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Making of a monarch: how the young Charles II endured war, defeat and exile before the Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Royal Observatory, commissioned by Charles II in 1675, on a hill in Greenwich Park, London (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Art, culture and science in the Restoration period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coronation portrait of Charles II after his crowning at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 (Image by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Your ultimate guide to the Restoration period

An illustration of Charles II entering London on 29 May 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The Restoration periodA timeline of key moments

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Century of chaos: people & power in the 1600s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Njinga: queen, warrior, diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rob Roy MacGregor by George Shearer. Scottish folk hero and outlaw.

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The real Rob Roy

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Meeting the Mughals: England’s disastrous first embassy to India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King James VII and II depicted while in exile in France.

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What were the 1707 Acts of Union and what did they achieve?

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Life under Cromwell: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate

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American actress Ethel Grandin (1894 - 1988) holds a wine glass for a man in a tuxedo in a still from an unidentified silent film, circa 1920. (Photo by Vintage Images/Getty Images)

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An illustration of the Great Fire of London, c1675. St Paul's Cathedral is seen in flames (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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What if...The Great Fire of London never happened?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The gunpowder plot: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robert Harris on the manhunt for Charles I’s killers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England and Ireland) and his young wife, Anna of Denmark

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The honeymoon of James VI and Anna of Denmark. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of the Battle of Blenheim

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The battle of Blenheim: how did the Duke of Marlborough triumph on the Danube?

Portraits of William III and Mary II, the only joint sovereigns in British history

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Your guide to William and Mary, the only joint sovereigns in British history

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Is Queen Henrietta Maria’s rotten reputation deserved?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Leanda de Lisle photographed at her home with her dog Millie

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Leanda de Lisle“Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the Great Fire of London.

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